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Subject: Re: Per-remote tracking branch
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On 2009.09.24 13:25:50 +0200, Bj=F6rn Steinbrink wrote:
> On 2009.09.15 17:29:58 +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> > At the moment, I can configure a tracking branch to let me just typ=
e
> >=20
> > $ git pull
> >=20
> > when I want to say
> >=20
> > $ git pull origin master
> >=20
> > Now, assume I have another remote "foo", I'd like to be able to jus=
t
> > say
> >=20
> > $ git pull foo
> >=20
> > and put something in my .git/config so that Git knows I mean
> >=20
> > $ git pull foo master
> >=20
> > Is there a simple way to do that?
>=20
> Setup "foo" so that it fetches "master" only, i.e. have
> remote.foo.fetch =3D refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/foo/master
>=20
> You get that setup with: git remote add -t master foo git://...
>=20
> Then there's only one possible choice for "git pull", and it will tak=
e
> that.

Ah, crap, spoke too soon. That works only when branch.<name>.merge is
not set. Though that's not that much of a problem. When your "primary"
remote (the one set for branch.<name>.remote) also fetches just a singl=
e
branch, "git pull" will still work, even if branch.<name>.merge is not
set.

Bj=F6rn